Medical Student Research Office
Outside OpportunitiesDetailsSponsoring Agency: NIH/NCLBI Biomedical Research Training Program for Underrepresented MinoritiesCategory: Research Fellowship/Scholarship Description: Biomedical Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minorities. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has established a Biomedical Research Training Program for Underrepresented Minorities (BRTPUM) that offers unparalled opportunities for underrepresented minority undergraduate and graduate students to receive training in fundamental biomedical sciences and clinical research disciplines. The purpose of BRTPUM is to enhance career opportunities in biomedical and behavioral research, including clinical and laboratory medicine, epidemiology, and biostatistics as applied to the etiology and treatment of heart, blood vessel, lung, and blood diseases, and sleep disorders. The NHLBI provides leadership for a national program of research in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood, in the uses and management of blood resources, and sleep disorders. The NHLBI plans, conducts, fosters, and supports an integrated and coordinated program of research. Two divisions of the Institute are involved primarily in the BRTPUM program: the Division of Intramural Research (DIR) and the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications (DECA). Research experiences available to students include the following: 1) clinical research on the normal and abnormal pathophysiologic functioning of the cardiac, pulmonary, circulatory, and endocrine systems; 2) basic research on normal and abnormal cellular behavior at the molecular level as well as in some areas of genetic studies; and 3) training in epidemiology, clinical trials, and biostatistics relating to the prevalence, etiology, prevention, and treatment of heart, vascular, pulmonary, and blood diseases. BRTPUM offers each participant the opportunity to work closely with leading intramural research scientists in NHLBI laboratories and offices. The program is designed to provide trainees with hands-on training in a research environment. These research training experiences will prepare students to continue their studies and advance their career in clinical and basic research. Assignments in the Intramural Research Division will provide trainees the opportunity to apply knowledge gained during their academic studies to actual hands-on experiences in a laboratory. The research activities for the training assignments may include: the mechanisms of gene regulation; retroviral-mediated gene transfer and gene therapy; the molecular basis of diseases on the alveolar structure of the lung and the design of new therapeutic modalities; the cellular and molecular events underlying ischemic heart diseases and myocardial hypertrophy; biochemical events associated with aspects of muscle and non-muscle contractile systems; the biochemistry and physiology of calcium channels; molecular and cellular processes for the conversion of metabolic energy into useful work; the molecular basis of transmembrane signaling; the pathophysiology of renal function at the cellular and molecular levels; the biochemistry of trace nutrients; enzyme kinetics; metabolic regulation, and protein chemistry; the cellular and molecular basis of toxicities induced by drugs and other foreign compounds; and molecular immunology and cytokines. During assignments with DECA, trainees will be taught basic principles of epidemiology, including the prevalence of diseases in populations, risk factors for diseases, and potential for prevention. Examples of research activities include: lipid profiles associated with coronary heart disease in elderly populations; development of culturally valid psychosocial test instruments for examining relationships between health and behavior in minority populations; prevalence of and risk factors for coronary disease in American Indians; and determination of the efficacy and safety of low fat diets in children. Sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/NIH For specific information about undergraduate stipends, go to www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/train/redbook/undbrtum.htm For specific information about graduate stipends, go to www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/train/redbook/gradbrtu.htm Contact for more info: Ms. Mishyelle Croom, Special Concerns Manager. Phone: (301) 496-1763; email: croomm@nih.gov Web link: [www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi] Click the 'Back' button on your browser to return to the list of opportunities. |